“Take a book, leave a book” — City of Columbia debuts series of mini-libraries
In the coming weeks, around 20 mini-libraries will be popping up in communities across Columbia.
AP Photo: Susan Walsh — VP Harris speaks during a church service at Koinonia Christian Center in Greenville, NC. GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Kamala Harris used an appearance Sunday before a largely Black church audience in battleground North Carolina to call out Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the government’s hurricane response. President Joe Biden visited Florida for the second time this month to survey storm damage. Harris, the Democratic presidential…
In the coming weeks, around 20 mini-libraries will be popping up in communities across Columbia.
A K-9 officer killed in the line of duty is laid to memorialized Wednesday
The family of slain W.J. Keenan High School student Julian Keel met with their attorneys on Friday for a press conference to disclose potential lawsuits being brought forward over his tragic death.
As recovery efforts from the devastation of Hurricane Helene continue in North Carolina, folks here in the Midlands are doing what they can to help.
“It was absolutely amazing, and just incredible. But then it was also hard too, because we knew somebody was coming to get us, and it was just sad to think of all we were leaving behind, and two it was just a vacation for us, but these people lost everything,” says Wanda Hein.
Governor Henry McMaster says 36 South Carolinians are now confirmed dead due to Hurricane Helene, with over 629,000 people still without power across the state.
All schools and offices will be closed, and all extracurricular activities are canceled.
According to the National Weather Service the Congaree at Columbia is now forecast to reach major flood stage late Sunday night (September 29th) and crest at 31.0 feet early Monday afternoon. This crest is near the 2015 value of 31.8 feet. This is likely to affect levels on the Broad River as well.
According to Saluda County Fire Service, 53-year-old Chief Chad Satcher, and 18-year-old Firefighter Landon Bodie were killed on Friday morning when a tree fell on their Fire Apparatus while responding to a reported structure fire.